Knex Buckyball

by ergolicious in Workshop > Science

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Knex Buckyball

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Everyone likes buckyballs, so what I did was make my a buckyball structure out of k'nex. It's fairly easy to build and can be built in about 15 minutes.


For this project you will need

- 60 full moon connectors
- 60 blue flexi rods
- 30 normal blue rods

150 pieces total.

Making the Pentagons

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First thing you need to do is to make 12 pentagons using the full moon connectors and the blue flexi rods.

Connecting the Pentagons

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Now what you need to do is use the normal blue rods to connect the 12 pentagons.

Adding the Connections

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Attach the normal blue rods onto the full moon connectors as shown.

Getting the Structure Together

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3 more pentagons to be added. Place normal blue rods as shown.

Almost Done

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12 more blue rods and 3 more pentagons to go.

All Done

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And ready for cat use.